🚀 In January 2026, astronaut Mike Fincke was eating dinner on the ISS when he suddenly lost the ability to speak. For 20 minutes, he couldn't talk. No pain, no loss of consciousness.

It was the first medical evacuation in the ISS's 26-year history. NASA brought Crew-11 home 8 days later, a month early. As of March, they still don't know what caused it.

The part that should worry you: we've only sent 781 humans to space. Transient speech loss is not a documented spaceflight symptom. With Mars missions on the roadmap, we need to figure this out.

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When an Astronaut Lost His Voice in Space

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serious shit is going down on the #ISS. an air leak emergency

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International Space Station astronauts told to prepare for possible evacuation over air leak – live

Russian crew member attempting to fix a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said

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#ISS #astronauts prepare for possible evacuation

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been ordered by #NASA to shelter in their spacecraft & prepare for potential #evacuation.

A Russian crew is attempting to fix a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.

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International Space Station astronauts preparing for possible emergency evacuation due to worsening air leak:

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International Space Station astronauts told to prepare for possible evacuation over air leak – live

Russian crew member attempting to fix a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said

^{Vivian Ho (The Guardian)}